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Robert Kirkpatrick was united in marriage, September, 1869, to Miss Nancy M. Wilson, daughter of James and Nancy (Powers) Wilson. She was born May 15, 1848, in Howard county, Indiana, and was educated in the public schools of the district. They have had seven children, three of whom were living in 1915, Orion L. Kirkpatrick, who is a prosperous farmer in Carrollton township; Iva Lenora, who became the wife of A. J. Wickard, of Carroll county, and Willis E. Kirkpatrick, also a farmer of Carrollton township.
Mr. Kirkpatrick is a quiet, unassuming man, and an honorable citizen of Carrollton township, where he has spent his entire life, and is esteemed by all who know him.
ROSCOE J. MUSSELMAN.
Among the self-made citizens of Carrollton township, we find the name of Roscoe J. Musselman, who has successfully withstood the drawbacks and discouragements attendant upon a life in the rural district, without the necessary funds with which to pursue his chosen vocation. Having his mark set at a certain height, Mr. Musselman allowed nothing to thwart his final efforts toward success, and deserves a place of honor in the history of Carroll county.
Roscoe J. Musselman, farmer, Flora, Indiana, was born on August 9, 1884, at Camden, Jackson township, Carroll county, and is a son of David
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L. and Mary A. (Wickard) Musselman, mentioned elsewhere in this work. He grew to young manhood in Carrollton township, where he attended the district schools, remaining on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years old, when he started out for himself, and worked by the month for two years. His farm, consisting of eighty acres, lies four and a half miles east of Flora, Indiana. Mr. Musselman is a stanch Republican, although he has never been personally active in politics. Religiously. he belongs to the church of the United Brethren, and is a fraternal member of Helmet Lodge No. 346, Knights of Pythias.
Roscoe J. Musselman was united in marriage, November 27. 1907, with Mary G. Wagoner, daughter of David M. and Margaret (De Bolt) Wagoner. She was born on December 13, 1884, and was a graduate of the public schools. Two children have come to bless this union, Moyne E .. born on October 12, 1908, and Mary M., born on May 28, 19io. Mrs. Mussel- man is an earnest member of the Presbyterian church.
Mr. and Mrs. Musselman are affable and sympathetic people, who take a deep interest in those in distress, believing it to be the duty of each and every human being to extend practical help whenever called upon to do so.
JOHN ROBBINS.
John Robbins, a prosperous farmer of Deer Creek township, who was born on the farm he now occupies and who lives in one of the first houses built in Deer Creek township, owns one hundred acres of land all of which is in a fine state of cultivation and which comprises a very. desirable farm.
Mr. Robbins was born in Deer Creek township, Carroll county, Indiana, on May 19, 1846, and is the son of Isaac and Elizabeth ( Patten) Robbins. Isaac Robbins was born near Sidney, Ohio, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, with his parents when eleven years old. Elizabeth (Patten) Rob- bins was a native of Pennsylvania who accompanied her parents to Carroll county, Indiana, when a small girl. In fact, Elizabeth walked most of the way from the Keystone state, the family moving overland in a covered wagon. After coming to Carroll county, Elizabeth (Patten) Robbins' par- ents settled on a farm on Rock Creek.
Isaac and Elizabeth (Patten) Robbins were married in Carroll county and had six children, only three of whom are living. Two died in child- hood; Charles died at the age of twenty-four. The living children are:
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John, the subject of this sketch; George, of Deer Creek township, and Joseph of the same township. At the time of his death, the late Isaac Rob- bins owned two hundred and sixty acres of land. Mr. Robbins' paternal grandfather, John Robbins, was also a native of Ohio and was born near Sidney. The paternal grandmother died at the home of John Robbins. Isaac Robbins, Jr., died in 1873 and his wife, Elizabeth ( Patten) Robbins, in 1897.
John Robbins was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools of Deer Creek township. After leaving school he operated his father's homestead farm in Deer Creek township. In 1893 Mr. Robbins was married to Josie Burleigh, at Camden, Indiana. She is the daughter of Henry Burleigh, whose wife died when Josie was a child. Mrs. Rob- bin's father died in 1900. He was engaged in the railroad business. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins have had one daughter, Ruth, who is attending school at Delphi.
Fraternally, John Robbins is a member of Rockfield Lodge No. 301, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a Republican in politics and served one term as trustee of Deer Creek township, filling the office to the entire satisfaction of the people of the township. Mrs. Robbins is a mem- ber of the Baptist church.
ADAM GRIMM.
In past times the history of a community or country was comprised chiefly in the record of its wars and conquests. Today, history is largely a record of commercial activity and those whose names are foremost in the annals of the nation are those who have become leaders in business circles. The conquests now made are those of mind over matter and the victor is he who can most successfully establish, control and operate commercial enter- prises. Adam Grimm, senior member of the firm of A. Grimm & Sons, furniture dealers and funeral directors, of Delphi, is not only one of the influential citizens of Carroll county, but also one of the successful business men of the county. His tireless energy, keen perception, honesty of pur- pose and careful management exemplify the commendable traits of his Teu- tonic ancestry. Prominent in the fraternal circles of Carroll county and successful in business, he is a worthy man and a valuable citizen of Carroll county.
Born in Heidelberg, Baden, Germany, September 24, 1857, Adam
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Grimm is the son of Anton and Rosina (Hofmann) Grimm, natives of Germany. Adam was their only child. The father was reared in Ger- many and was a farmer and shepherd by occupation. He died in his native land in 1870, at the age of about fifty years, while his widow, who came to America, in 1880 and located in Indianapolis, died there in 1904, at the age of eighty-four years. Mrs. Rosina (Hofmann) Grimm was a member of the German Evangelical church, although her husband was a Catholic. Anton Grimm was a son of Simon Grimm who, with his wife, died in Ger- many after rearing a large family, among whom were, Anton, Ferdinand, Michael and Mary. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Grimm were Johannes and Hannah (Seel) Hofmann, who spent their entire lives in their native land. The grandfather passed away at the age of seventy-nine and the grandmother, at the age of sixty-nine. Hannah (Seel) Hofmann's mother was ninety-six years old at the time of her death. Johannes and Hannah Hofmann were the parents of thirteen children, among whom were Johanna, Rosina, Wilhelmina, Margaret, Johan, Frederick, George and Adam.
Adam Grimm was reared and educated in Germany and, when twenty- two years old, came to America, locating in Indianapolis in 1879, where, for thirteen years, he followed his trade as a cabinetmaker. In 1892 Mr. Grimm moved to Rossville and there established a furniture and undertaking busi- ness in which he was engaged until 1906. In that year he returned to Indi- anapolis, where he remained for one year. In 1907 he came to Delphi and purchased the small undertaking business of Mr. Wiley, near the MacDonald hotel. Four years later Mr. Grimm moved to his present quarters, where he now carries a very large stock of furniture and undertaking merchandise and does a large business. Upon coming to Delphi, Mr. Grimm associated himself with his son, Lorenz C., and on July 1, 1912, took another son, Edward O., into the business, the present style of the business being A. Grimm & Sons.
On September 15, 1881, Mr. Grimm was married to Kathrina Koessler, the daughter of Adam and Maria (Reichel) Koessler, and to them were born five children, Lorenz C., Edward O., Wilhelm, Martha Rosina and Walter. Of these children, Lorenz C. married Maude Rittenhaus and has one child, Carl. Edward O., who graduated from the Rossville high school in 1902, later attended the State University at Bloomington for three years and, for a number of years, taught in the schools of Clinton and Carroll counties. He was the principal of the Delphi high school during the school years of (35)
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1910 to 1912, inclusive. After this he engaged in business with his father. He married Sallie Marie Ryan. Wilhelm died in infancy. Martha Rosina is at home. Walter is a musician and is now the 'cellist in the Grand Theater at Terre Haute. He also plays in the Demming hotel; his wife, who was Josephine Sims, is an excellent violinist.
Mrs. Kathrina (Koessler) Grimm died on her thirty-third wedding anniversary, while returning from Germany to America, her death occurring on September 15, 1914, on the steamer "Principello." She was a devoted member of the Lutheran church, but her husband is a member of the Meth- odist church.
Fraternally, Adam Grimm belongs to Rossville Lodge No. 318, Free and Accepted Masons; to Delphi Chapter No. 48, Royal Arch Masons; to Delphi Commandery No. 40, Knights Templar, and to Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis. His son, Lorenz C., is also a member of the Knights Templar, is a Scottish Rite Mason and belongs to Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His son, Edward O., is a member of Mount Olive Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and of Delphi Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. Adam Grimm is a member of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Delphi Encampment, Knights of Pythias, and the Improved Order of Red Men. Edward O. is a member of the Knights of Pythias and, for many years, was leader of the Uniform Rank. He was also a leader of the Delphi orchestra for many years. Mr. Grimm is an independent Republican in politics.
JOSEPH SIDENBENDER.
One of the best remembered farmers and business men of the past generation in Carroll county, Indiana, was the late Joseph Sidenbender, who, at the time of his death, owned six hundred acres of land in Carroll county, Indiana. Mr. Sidenbender was a man of strong and alert sympathies. He possessed a warm and ardent temperament and had many characteristics that drew to him a large number of devoted friends, who, now that he has passed from earthly scenes, revere his memory. He was a close student of human nature and understood very well the motives and purposes of men. He was a man of pleasing and dignified presence, industrious, honest and frugal, of sound character and unflagging energy. He stood as a con-
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spicuous example of well-developed American manhood. The late Joseph Sidenbender was accidentally killed while blasting rock, September 18, 1901.
Joseph Sidenbender was born in Ross county, Ohio, January 15, 1825, and was the son of George and Ellen Sidenbender, both of whom were born in Ross county, Ohio, but who removed from Ross county to Carroll county, Indiana, when their son, Joseph, was a small boy. They settled on a farm near Delphi and there they spent the remainder of their lives. They had four sons and one daughter, Richard, Samuel, Henry, Joseph and Sarah. Samuel and Henry were soldiers in the Union army during the Civil War.
Mrs. Joseph Sidenbender was born on November 22, 1833, in Berkeley county, Virginia, the daughter of George and Marie French, both of whom were also born in Berkeley county, Virginia, and who after coming to Car- roll county, Indiana, in pioneer times, became prominent in the affairs of the Methodist church. They settled on the farm where they lived until the end of their lives, both passing away in middle life. They had only two daugh- ters, Marie and Susan.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sidenbender were married in Carroll county and had, as the fruit of their marriage, five children, of whom only three are living. The deceased children are: Hiram L., who died at the age of forty-two on the homestead, and another child who died in infancy. The living children are Laura E., who married Joseph E. Ruffing, of Delphi; Arthur E., who married Blanche Smith and both are residents of Carroll county, and Josephine M.
Josephine M. Sidenbender now owns the old Sidenbender homestead of two hundred acres and with the assistance of her brother, Arthur E., operates the farm. They are especially interested in raising purebred Berk- shire hogs and they also have a very high grade of cattle on the farm. Miss Sidenbender is not only a capable woman with a very keen capacity for business, but she is one of the leaders in the community where she lives in all good work.
Mrs. Joseph Sidenbender joined the Methodist church when she was a young woman and was a devoted member throughout life. The Siden- bender children grew up amidst the wholesome influences of a Christian home. Their mother died on April 18, 1914, having survived her husband about thirteen years.
Joseph Sidenbender was a prosperous farmer, a man who understood well the necessities of scientific agriculture but he began his labors in pioneer times when the work on the farm was not so simple as it now is and when the machinery now used on the farm was not available. His life was marked
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by unceasing industry. In the later years of his life he was able to enjoy all of the comforts which life in the country affords. His family occupied a comfortable home and it is here that the father lived at the time of his death. He was a stanch Republican but never cared to hold office. Fra- ternally, he was a member of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
JOSEPH ALLEN SIMS.
The life history of Joseph Allen Sims, one of the well-known and highly esteemed citizens of Carroll county, Indiana, shows what industry and good habits and stanch citizenship will accomplish in the battle for suc- cess in life. His record is one replete with duty well done and conscien- tiously performed. Both by birth and by marriage he is connected with two of the oldest and also the most distinguished families of the great Hoosier commonwealth. By right of inheritance he deserves to rank as one of the foremost citizens now living in Carroll county. By right of achievement he has won an honorable place in the hearts of his fellow citizens, having always stood for the highest and best interest of the community.
Born at Delphi on August 10, 1861, Joseph Allen Sims is the son of Joseph Allen, Sr., and Susanna (Hawkins) Sims, the former of whom was born in Union county, Indiana, on August 24, 1826, and the latter in Hamil- ton county, Ohio, and who with her parents moved to Tippecanoe county. Joseph Allen Sims, Sr., was the pioneer settler of this section of the state. His wife grew to womanhood in this section. They were married at Lafayette in 1857. They had six children, of whom only two, Louise B. and Joseph Allen are living. The latter is the subject of this sketch. The former is the wife of Joseph N. Rose, a botanist of Washington, D. C., who is now connected with the United States department of agriculture and the Smithsonian Institute. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Rose have had five children, four of whom are living, George, Joseph, Martha and Rebecca. Walter D. is deceased. The latter was killed in an accident.
Joseph Allen Sims, Sr., was a graduate of Asbury, now DePauw Uni- versity. He studied law in the office of Hiram Allen, of Delphi, having come to Carroll county from Union county, Indiana, in the early fifties after his marriage. He continued the practice of law until his health failed, when he removed to his farm, where he remained until his death. The old Sims farm is located east and north of Delphi and is now occupied by the children
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of his second wife. Susanna ( Hawkins) Sims died in 1876 and four years later Mr. Sims was married to Ella Schigley, who bore him the following children : Josephine is the wife of Walter Grim, of Terre Haute, Indiana; Charles N. lives in Carroll county with his mother; Paul lives in Carroll county ; Ralph lives in Chicago, being a sculptor and connected with the studio of Larado Taft; Helen is at home; two died in infancy. The second wife of Joseph Allen Sims, Sr., is living on the farm in Carroll county. Joseph Allen Sims, Sr., was a captain of the Twenty-fourth Artillery dur- ing the Civil War. He took an active part in the Tennessee campaign. He served two years in the army and resigned only on account of ill health.
Joseph Allen Sims, Sr., was the son of John L. and Irene K. Sims, who were born in the Old Dominion state and Allentown, Pennsylvania, respectively. They moved to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, in pioneer times and, after farming for a few years, removed to Union county, Indiana, where they spent the remainder of their lives, passing away after having attained ripe ages. They had a family of nine children, namely: Lewis B., born on July 30, 1824; Joseph Allen, Jr., August 24, 1826; Amanda, August 17, 1828; John M., July 21, 1830; Charles N., May 18, 1835; Hiram, February 28, 1837; Catherine, August 4, 1838; James L., November 4, 1841, and Luela Irene, August 31, 1847.
Susanna (Hawkins) Sims was the daughter of James Hawkins, who married a Miss Smith. The latter was born in Butler county, Ohio, and the former in North Carolina. They had the following children: Elie; James; William; Eliza, the wife of Moses Fowler; Martha, the wife of Adam Earl; Susanna, the wife of Mr. Sims; Elizabeth, the wife of Dr. Oscar Vanderbilt; Hannah, the wife of Frank B. Kennedy. The parents lived and died in Tippecanoe county. James Hawkins was a farmer by occupation and owned a tract of nearly fourteen hundred acres of land in Tippecanoe county. He was identified with all worthy public movements during his life time and was one of the leading citizens of the state of Indiana during his day and generation. His land holdings were not confined to the state of Indiana, but he also owned a large tract in Kankakee county, Illinois.
Joseph Allen Sims, Jr., was educated in the Delphi high school and at DePauw University, which he attended two terms. He lived at home until he had attained his young manhood and on May 16, 1883, was married to Caroline F. Milroy, the daughter of John R. and Matilda (Stansel) Milroy, the former of whom was born on January 8, 1820, and who was the son of Samuel Milroy and his second wife, who was Martha Houston. They were
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both natives of Pennsylvania and were married on August 6, 1810. The fruit of this second marriage were ten children, namely: James E., born on June 3, 1811; Nancy, April 25, 1813; Almira A., September 17, 1814; Robert H., June 11, 1816; Joseph W., January 25, 1818; John B., January 8, 1820, was commissioned colonel in the Civil War and had been major before being commissioned colonel; William Reed, January 18, 1822; Samuel L., January 17, 1823; Francis M., February 17, 1825; and James W., July 19, 1827. Of these children, Robert H., who was a graduate of the mili- tary academy of Norwich University, was a major general in the Civil War. By his first marriage, Samuel Milroy had two children, Bruce and Margaret. Samuel Milroy was a well-known politician in his day. He campaigned throughout the states of Ohio and Indiana and held important offices. He was land agent at Crawfordsville for a time and Indian agent by appoint- ment of the President. He was a stanch Democrat and a great friend of President Andrew Jackson. He assisted in framing the first Constitution of the state of Indiana and, when the government removed the Indians to a reservation west of the Mississippi river, he was one of the men who had charge of their removal. He was commissioned major in the Indiana militia by Governor Posey in 1816 and colonel by Governor Jennings in 1817. Two years later he was commissioned a brigadier-general by Gov- ernor Jennings. In 1826 he sold his farm in Washington county, Indiana. ann in company with his son, Henry Bruce Milroy, removed to the Wabash valley, locating finally at Carroll county, Indiana. Near the close of 1820, he was elected representative for the counties of Montgomery, Fountain, Warren, Tippecanoe and Carroll and, after his election, unexpectedly received the appointment as examiner of the land office from President Jack- son. Soon after he received from President Jackson the appointment of register of the land office at Crawfordsville, the salary of which was then three thousand dollars a year. He therefore had his choice among three different offices. It was to him a matter of deep solicitude as to which office he should accept. He finally resigned two offices and accepted the post of register of the land office at Crawfordsville. One of the sons of Samuel Milroy, Samuel Lafayette, by name, was a lieutenant in the Mexican War.
The parents of Samuel Milroy and the great-grandparents of Mrs. Joseph Allen Sims, Jr., were Henry and Nancy ( McCormick) Milroy, the . former of whom was born on February 5, 1751. in Scotland, and who died on September 29, 1791. The latter was born on February 4, 1759. They were married on November 21, 1776, and had seven children, as follow:
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John, born on October 12, 1777; Samuel, August 14, 1780; Henry, August 30, 1783; James, November 2, 1785; Elizabeth, April 27, 1788; Patty, March 27, 1790, and died on July 30, 1811; Nancy, January 22, 1792.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Allen Sims, Jr., have had two children, namely: Mary Hawkins, born on August 2, 1884, is the wife of Dr. A. C. Clauser and has borne him three children, Stewart Sims, William Joseph and Charles Robert; John M., born on July 2, 1886, was graduated from the Delphi high school and was a student at Purdue University for two terms, and married Jessie Wells and they have had two children, Sarah Jane, who died at the age of eight months, and Virginia Wells, born in March, 1915.
Mr. Sims owns one hundred and sixty acres of land which is well improved. His farm is located east and south of Delphi about three miles in a fertile farming region.
CLARENCE E. WINGARD.
Representatives of the Wingard family, which is now well known in Deer Creek township, Carroll county, Indiana, were among the early set- tlers of the county and have been identified with its progress and prosperity for more than three-quarters of a century. The old Wingard homestead in Deer Creek township is now owned jointly by five children of Eli and Ann Elizabeth (Itskin) Wingard, namely: Emeline, Eliza Ella, Louanna Eliza- beth, Henry A. and Clarence E.
Clarence E. Wingard, son of Eli and Ann Elizabeth (Itskin) Wingard, was born in Deer Creek township, August 30, 1876. His father, who was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, on June 5, 1824, was the son of John and Catherine (Rowland) Wingard, the former of whom was born in Penn- sylvania, September 4, 1788, and the latter in Maryland, November 15, 1789. They were married in 1810 and had the following children : David, John, Henry, Jacob, Eli, Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph, Mary, Catherine, Susana, Nancy and Eliza. All of these children grew to maturity except Joseph, who died in infancy. Eliza is still living in Delphi at the advanced age of eighty-six years. All members of the family lived to advanced ages except Catherine, who died at the age of thirty-three and Joseph, heretofore mentioned. John Wingard died on September 26, 1865, and his wife on January 7. 1862. They were members of the Dunkard church.
Ann Elizabeth Itskin was a native of New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas
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county, Ohio, having been born on April 24, 1836. She was the daughter of Christopher and Ruth (Hayes) Itskin, the former of whom was born in Ohio in 1812, and the latter in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1815. They were married in Ohio and had the following children: John W., born on August 20, 1834, served in the United States army; Ann Eliza- beth, April 24, 1836; Eli, June 22, 1838; Eliott, March 5, 1840; Henry, who served throughout the Civil War, born on March 21, 1842; Emeline, April 7, 1844; Joseph Hayes, who was killed in the Civil War, was born on Febru- ary 14, 1846; Winfield, who served several years in the United States army, was born on May 11, 1848; Hull, who served several years in the standing army, was born on July 20, 1850; Leander, July 31, 1853; Oliver, Septem- ber 12, 1855; Francis M., November 28, 1857. Of these children, three are living. Henry is a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio; Hull, of Lafayette, Indiana, and Oliver, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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